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Found footage film series by the director of Noroi: The Curse and Occult and I.M.O. the best the genre has to offer. Great image-making is hard to come by in found footage, but the good thing is that most of the films that do it well do it *really* well, & these are at the top. The thing about this series though is that you really do have to watch the whole thing, or at least the first 7. But they more or less keep getting better and better with each entry so it's worth it af. 6 is my favorite (pictured below)
If u like paranormal investigation media, this starts out as a pretty endearing spoof of that stuff, but it very steadily develops into something much bigger than can be expressed with the words on a pi.fyi post. Vast, jaw dropping, cosmic terror. If you don't have shit going on spring break this would be perfect to binge.
And it's all on youtube with beautiful fan-translated subtitles (linked)! 2025 is the year of Senritsu Kaiki! Get in on the ground floor!
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Iām still watching them even tho October is over wtf??? I just canāt get enough. Recent greats include:
Noroi: The Curse (2005)
- Found footageā¦ the climax is so good. Great for fans of ghost/demon stuff.
Pulse (2001)
- One of my favourite horror movies ever. Worms its way into your being. Some truly terrifying, iconic scenes and imagery, not to mention quite prescient in its message re: online connectivity and society. Really canāt sing its praises enough!
Ju-On: The Grudge (2002)
- A classic!!! Still hits. Quintessential haunted house domestic strife ghost story. Toshio š¢šāā¬
Audition (1999)
- Probably my least favourite of this batch. Not for the squeamish. Still worth a watch if only for its feminist social commentary.
GonJiam: Haunted Asylum (2018)
- OK this one is admittedly kinda hokey but itās based off a REAL location and the jump scares are amazing!! Some truly spine-tingling moments. Not recommended just before bed lol š¬ (Also found footage)
Nov 22, 2024
Some of the heaviest hitters:
* Season 1, Episode 4, Jenifer, dir. Dario Argento ā a married detective rescues a seemingly developmentally disabled young woman (who has a beautiful body and a disfigured face) from being murdered. He finds out that she was sent to live at a mental hospital because she has nobody to care for her, so he takes her in to live with his family and develops a psychosexual obsession with her. This is adapted from a 1974 comic by the same name.
* Season 1, Episode 8, Cigarette Burns, dir. John Carpenter ā Norman Reedus plays a movie theater owner whoās grieving the loss of his wife to suicide and needs money to pay back his father-in-law. Heās hired by a wealthy collector played by Udo Kier to find a lost cursed film, La Fin Absolue du Monde. Itās Carpenterās goriest and arguably scariest work.
* Season 1, Episode 10, Sick Girl, dir. Lucky McKee ā two shy quirked up weird girls, unlucky in love but with so much to giveāan entomologist, Ida (played by Angela Bettis, star of McKeeās May!) and an artist, Mistyāfind each other after Ida receives a strange package with an unidentifiable insect. They feel a connection and plan to go on a first date but Misty gets bitten by the bug and starts actingā¦ offā¦
* Season 1, Episode 13, Imprint, dir. Takashi Miike ā one of my favorite horror films EVER. It was so graphic and disturbing that Showtime decided not to air it and to just release it on DVD. In Meiji era Japan, an American journalist goes to a brothel on a remote island to search for Komomo, the love of his life, a Japanese sex worker he left behind years ago. A mysterious disfigured woman tells him the tale of Komomoās fateā¦
Oct 13, 2024
One of the best found footage horror mockumentaries I've ever seen. I got to watch it for the first time at a local independent theater and it still haunts me to this day! ~1,000,000 phone calls were made to BBC received after the show was broadcast... OnĀ Live TV. This shows how brilliant this film is.
For the Halloween season, I definitely recommend adding it to your watchlist!
Oct 2, 2024
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i found out late last year that it is so joyous to run while intoxicated.. when i buy a house, i will also buy a treadmill and i will drink every night and run [theoretically infinite] until i'ts my bedtime. then i will go and sleep a sleep that is inborn with love and joy. like a hamster.
Jan 23, 2024
not sure what counts as niche but this is quite specific for it to not be niche
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Feb 25, 2025